Samantha Bent Weber
@sambent.bsky.social
learner - teacher - researcher | health policy - public health law | opinions my own | social media hesitant | "did i hit enter?"
This still feels like an urgent and relevant call: mlkcelebration.com/mlk-the-man/...
Drum Major Instinct | Austin MLK Celebration
Delivered at Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia, on 4 February 1968 This morning I would like to use as a subject from which to preach: "The Dru ...
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January 20, 2026 at 2:15 AM
This still feels like an urgent and relevant call: mlkcelebration.com/mlk-the-man/...
Oral health is HEALTH: bsky.app/profile/kend...
People really really downplay dental health. Cavities are not the worse case scenario here. Poor oral health can kill you
January 19, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Oral health is HEALTH: bsky.app/profile/kend...
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Today ICE is allowed to resume using Medicaid data in deportation cases. The transfer of Medicaid data to ICE was unprecedented and put on hold. It's now back. We've uploaded the data sharing agreement here: www.404media.co/here-is-the-...
Here is the Agreement Giving ICE Medicaid Patients' Data
On Tuesday, ICE was allowed to continue using Medicaid data in deportation cases.
www.404media.co
January 6, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Today ICE is allowed to resume using Medicaid data in deportation cases. The transfer of Medicaid data to ICE was unprecedented and put on hold. It's now back. We've uploaded the data sharing agreement here: www.404media.co/here-is-the-...
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This is sad.
Inbox: the Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s board has voted to dissolve the organization following Congress pulling its federal funding
January 5, 2026 at 9:53 PM
This is sad.
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Science, not politics, should drive health care decisions.
CEO @skyeperryman.bsky.social joined @strictscrutiny.bsky.social to talk about our suit against the Trump-Vance admin for retaliatory grant cancellations against @ameracadpeds.bsky.social and its advocacy for evidence-based vaccine policy.
CEO @skyeperryman.bsky.social joined @strictscrutiny.bsky.social to talk about our suit against the Trump-Vance admin for retaliatory grant cancellations against @ameracadpeds.bsky.social and its advocacy for evidence-based vaccine policy.
January 6, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Science, not politics, should drive health care decisions.
CEO @skyeperryman.bsky.social joined @strictscrutiny.bsky.social to talk about our suit against the Trump-Vance admin for retaliatory grant cancellations against @ameracadpeds.bsky.social and its advocacy for evidence-based vaccine policy.
CEO @skyeperryman.bsky.social joined @strictscrutiny.bsky.social to talk about our suit against the Trump-Vance admin for retaliatory grant cancellations against @ameracadpeds.bsky.social and its advocacy for evidence-based vaccine policy.
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Does digital information feel permanent to you? Well, it isn't.
A 2023 study found that in just 10 years' time, 38% of pages from 2013 went missing and 23% of news articles linked to a dead URL.
Learn more by clicking this functioning link ➡️ w.wiki/hrU
A 2023 study found that in just 10 years' time, 38% of pages from 2013 went missing and 23% of news articles linked to a dead URL.
Learn more by clicking this functioning link ➡️ w.wiki/hrU
January 5, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Does digital information feel permanent to you? Well, it isn't.
A 2023 study found that in just 10 years' time, 38% of pages from 2013 went missing and 23% of news articles linked to a dead URL.
Learn more by clicking this functioning link ➡️ w.wiki/hrU
A 2023 study found that in just 10 years' time, 38% of pages from 2013 went missing and 23% of news articles linked to a dead URL.
Learn more by clicking this functioning link ➡️ w.wiki/hrU
Agree. Lovely story.
December 26, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Agree. Lovely story.
I often find NYT frustrating, but I found these moving: 600 Readers Told Us About the Best Gifts They Ever Got. These Are the Top 13. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/o...
Opinion | 600 Readers Told Us About the Best Gifts They Ever Got. These Are the Top 13.
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:42 AM
I often find NYT frustrating, but I found these moving: 600 Readers Told Us About the Best Gifts They Ever Got. These Are the Top 13. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/o...
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AAP learned this week that seven grants to AAP under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services are being terminated. The sudden withdrawal of these funds will directly impact and potentially harm infants, children, youth, and their families.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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December 17, 2025 at 11:34 PM
AAP learned this week that seven grants to AAP under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services are being terminated. The sudden withdrawal of these funds will directly impact and potentially harm infants, children, youth, and their families.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Hundreds Quarantined in South Carolina as Measles Spreads www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/w...
Hundreds Quarantined in South Carolina as Measles Spreads
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December 12, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Hundreds Quarantined in South Carolina as Measles Spreads www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/w...
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I attended a talk by a scientist at a Chinese University and realized that all the background climate data that she used came from the US (CO₂ Keeling Curve, global temperature time series, etc.). Although China funds a lot of research, the destruction of US science will affect science globally.
November 17, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I attended a talk by a scientist at a Chinese University and realized that all the background climate data that she used came from the US (CO₂ Keeling Curve, global temperature time series, etc.). Although China funds a lot of research, the destruction of US science will affect science globally.
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Alice Wong, a writer and activist who was born with muscular dystrophy and who fought relentlessly for equal rights and access for people with disabilities, died on Friday. She was 51. nyti.ms/4r9WqEr
November 15, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Alice Wong, a writer and activist who was born with muscular dystrophy and who fought relentlessly for equal rights and access for people with disabilities, died on Friday. She was 51. nyti.ms/4r9WqEr
This is helpful analysis for making sense of today’s SNAP whiplash: www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-w...
190. SNAP WTF?
A very quick explainer on what (and why) Justice Jackson issued an "administrative stay" in the SNAP case late on Friday night, and on what's likely to happen next
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November 8, 2025 at 3:50 AM
This is helpful analysis for making sense of today’s SNAP whiplash: www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-w...
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“The US Government Accountability Office found that more than 2/3 of Georgia’s spending on a demonstration project to include work requirements in Medicaid expansion was spent on administrative costs, almost all of it going to contractors…
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Medicaid Work Requirements and the Political Facts of Life
This JAMA Forum discusses the ramifications of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act on Medicaid and the backlash that Republicans may experience after the cuts go into effect.
jamanetwork.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:09 AM
“The US Government Accountability Office found that more than 2/3 of Georgia’s spending on a demonstration project to include work requirements in Medicaid expansion was spent on administrative costs, almost all of it going to contractors…
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If SNAP benefits vanished tomorrow, feeding 42 million Americans for a month would cost about $7.8 billion.That’s less than 1% of the combined net worth of the three richest men in the U.S. A reminder of how obscene inequality has become and how easily hunger could be solved if we chose to.
October 29, 2025 at 11:55 AM
If SNAP benefits vanished tomorrow, feeding 42 million Americans for a month would cost about $7.8 billion.That’s less than 1% of the combined net worth of the three richest men in the U.S. A reminder of how obscene inequality has become and how easily hunger could be solved if we chose to.
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So many of you asked if would be possible to view the full panels from our extraordinary Vision & Justice Now convening. Voila’! These conversations are SO rich. One every couple of days will get your thinking in high gear.
@the14thcenter.bsky.social
www.visionandjusticenow.com/panels
@the14thcenter.bsky.social
www.visionandjusticenow.com/panels
Vision & Justice Now: Panels
Explore the two-day agenda for Vision & Justice Now, co-organized by Sarah Lewis and Sherrilyn Ifill, featuring presentations, conversations, and performances. Engage with pressing topics from citizen...
www.visionandjusticenow.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:23 PM
So many of you asked if would be possible to view the full panels from our extraordinary Vision & Justice Now convening. Voila’! These conversations are SO rich. One every couple of days will get your thinking in high gear.
@the14thcenter.bsky.social
www.visionandjusticenow.com/panels
@the14thcenter.bsky.social
www.visionandjusticenow.com/panels
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I don’t know how many times I have to say this but here we go again.
If you are standing in arms reach of me with a cute baby, I am allowed and OBLIGATED to try to take that baby.
Every legitimate court in the nation recognizes this right. Please be for real, gatekeeping cute babies.
If you are standing in arms reach of me with a cute baby, I am allowed and OBLIGATED to try to take that baby.
Every legitimate court in the nation recognizes this right. Please be for real, gatekeeping cute babies.
October 26, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I don’t know how many times I have to say this but here we go again.
If you are standing in arms reach of me with a cute baby, I am allowed and OBLIGATED to try to take that baby.
Every legitimate court in the nation recognizes this right. Please be for real, gatekeeping cute babies.
If you are standing in arms reach of me with a cute baby, I am allowed and OBLIGATED to try to take that baby.
Every legitimate court in the nation recognizes this right. Please be for real, gatekeeping cute babies.
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Not to be THAT dictionary, but…
It’s ‘per se,’ not ‘per say.’
It’s ‘dog-eat-dog world,’ not ‘doggy-dog world.’
It’s ‘hunger pangs,’ not ‘hunger pains.’
It’s ‘one and the same,’ not ‘one in the same.’
It's 'buck naked,' not 'butt naked.'
It’s ‘per se,’ not ‘per say.’
It’s ‘dog-eat-dog world,’ not ‘doggy-dog world.’
It’s ‘hunger pangs,’ not ‘hunger pains.’
It’s ‘one and the same,’ not ‘one in the same.’
It's 'buck naked,' not 'butt naked.'
October 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Not to be THAT dictionary, but…
It’s ‘per se,’ not ‘per say.’
It’s ‘dog-eat-dog world,’ not ‘doggy-dog world.’
It’s ‘hunger pangs,’ not ‘hunger pains.’
It’s ‘one and the same,’ not ‘one in the same.’
It's 'buck naked,' not 'butt naked.'
It’s ‘per se,’ not ‘per say.’
It’s ‘dog-eat-dog world,’ not ‘doggy-dog world.’
It’s ‘hunger pangs,’ not ‘hunger pains.’
It’s ‘one and the same,’ not ‘one in the same.’
It's 'buck naked,' not 'butt naked.'
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From Gaza to Ukraine to South Sudan, children play to deal with the stress — and find a moment of joy.
With makeshift jump ropes and hide and seek, kids play to cope with crisis
From Gaza to Ukraine to South Sudan, children play to deal with the stress — and find a moment of joy.
n.pr
October 5, 2025 at 2:53 PM
From Gaza to Ukraine to South Sudan, children play to deal with the stress — and find a moment of joy.
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NEW: Psychiatric hospitals — increasingly owned by for-profit corporations — are illegally turning away patients during crises.
Yet only a handful face penalties, with fines that are trivial, a ProPublica investigation found.
By @emcahan.bsky.social
Yet only a handful face penalties, with fines that are trivial, a ProPublica investigation found.
By @emcahan.bsky.social
For-Profit Corporations Are Buying Up More Psychiatric Hospitals. Some Flout Federal Law With Scarce Repercussions.
Psychiatric hospitals — increasingly owned by for-profit corporations — are illegally turning away patients during crises. Yet only a handful face penalties, with fines that are trivial, a ProPublica ...
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September 23, 2025 at 11:30 AM
NEW: Psychiatric hospitals — increasingly owned by for-profit corporations — are illegally turning away patients during crises.
Yet only a handful face penalties, with fines that are trivial, a ProPublica investigation found.
By @emcahan.bsky.social
Yet only a handful face penalties, with fines that are trivial, a ProPublica investigation found.
By @emcahan.bsky.social
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Book bans don’t “protect” kids; they erase perspectives, silence voices, and narrow our shared imagination. A free society thrives on stories that challenge, unsettle, and expand our thinking.
Let’s keep our shelves full, not empty.
#FreedomToRead #StopBookBans #IntellectualFreedom #LetKidsRead
Let’s keep our shelves full, not empty.
#FreedomToRead #StopBookBans #IntellectualFreedom #LetKidsRead
September 22, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Book bans don’t “protect” kids; they erase perspectives, silence voices, and narrow our shared imagination. A free society thrives on stories that challenge, unsettle, and expand our thinking.
Let’s keep our shelves full, not empty.
#FreedomToRead #StopBookBans #IntellectualFreedom #LetKidsRead
Let’s keep our shelves full, not empty.
#FreedomToRead #StopBookBans #IntellectualFreedom #LetKidsRead
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CA Central Coast workers are harvesting peas. They're paid piece rate. On this day, they began at 7am & were still working at 5pm. A worker shared in order not to use time taking bathroom breaks they try to drink less, so they have the opportunity to harvest more. #WeFeedYou
September 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
CA Central Coast workers are harvesting peas. They're paid piece rate. On this day, they began at 7am & were still working at 5pm. A worker shared in order not to use time taking bathroom breaks they try to drink less, so they have the opportunity to harvest more. #WeFeedYou